Word
junkie, n.
(junkies)
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
<noun.person>
addict
freak
junkie
junky
nut
sample sentences
"a golf addict"
"a car nut"
"a bodybuilding freak"
"a news junkie"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
addict
semantic pointers
hypernym
enthusiast, partisan, partizan
hyponym
gym rat
a narcotics addict
<noun.person>
drug addict
junkie
junky
semantic pointers
hypernym
addict
hyponym
cocaine addict
crack addict, binger
heroin addict
opium addict, opium taker
withdrawer